Prison justice

[Rick Lee]

I was watching a doc. on Folsom last night and sadly, they put the child molesters and gang snitches in a separate block, sort of a protective custody.

[billyboy]

Most ask to be placed in "protective custody"...

It is required by law in California, anyways. Segregation and protective custody to protect various inmates from the general population. Molesters, child abusers, wife beaters, handicap abusers, various gangs,snitches/rats, all must be protected/segregated. Movements of these inmates involves a real juggling game. General Population inmates are keenly aware of who the special ones are and they are all anxious to score some points by knocking one off. The inmates have a strange system of what is acceptable behavior amongst themselves. "Respect" is also a big deal with them. I see it like "who is the stinkiest turd in the pot"

[billyboy]

they put the child molesters and gang snitches in a separate block, sort of a protective custody.

If they are not, then there is tons of paper work for the officers because of the resulting death. It is crucial to get them to the hospital BEFORE they die, then it's not an issue

[azasadny]

They fired the guards that leaked the photo to the press...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/9962102/detail.html

[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by azasadny
It's comforting to know that convicted felons have an "honor code"... pretty ironic if you ask me, they're all scum.

There are a lot more convicted felons than most people realize in our society. In doing some of the hiring at my old company we did background checks and I would have to guess that around 20% of the population have had a run-in with the law. Majority of them are non-violent and lots of them are stupid kid drug related cases.

As long as it had been over 10 years since their conviction and no hassles since, we would hire them if they met our needs. Some of them were our best employees as they knew that they had a lot to lose and not many more chances in society. Do not exactly agree with the blanket statement above.

Now if you are talking about all child molestors being scum, would agree totally. They deserve to be taken out of the courthouse and shot, in the gut and allowed to die slowly.

Friend of mine was a Fed prison warden for 20 years. Said that the punks (molestors) were someone's girlfriend inside and raped whenever needed.